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by WindyMiller 850 days ago
> I don't buy that argument. A UK citizen can still register .eu TLD through a company they control in the EU, if they have the resources to do so. The EU's decision to rescind registrations for former EU citizens only really affects non-wealthy private citizens. The wealthy, and large companies, can get around the rule.

Regrettably, this is true of most rules.

> But when it comes to internet's DNS system, people have lives and businesses that are contingent on maintining exclusive control of a given set of characters on a DNS server.

People had lives and businesses that were contingent on a great many things that were lost to Brexit.

It seems like maybe you think of the TLD problem as a special case because it affected you so directly and significantly and is within your area of expertise. (I don't mean this as a criticism, it's completely normal and I've no doubt I would do the same.) But really I don't think it's particularly different from all of the other administrative problems that Brexit created.